A doctor at the Gaza Strip’s Al-Shifa hospital has said that food and water were running out and that supplies provided by the Israeli military were “very, very minimal,” Reuters reports.

Doctor Ahmed El Mokhallalati told Reuters by telephone that Israeli forces were pressing on with searches of the hospital complex, but had “found nothing”. He also said no babies at the hospital had died since Israeli troops entered it.

Israel says Hamas has a command centre underneath the hospital, an assertion the Palestinian group denies. Reuters has been unable to verify the situation at the hospital independently.

Smoke rises as displaced Palestinians take shelter at Al-Shifa hospital. — Reuters
Smoke rises as displaced Palestinians take shelter at Al-Shifa hospital. — Reuters

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